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Chuck Karas

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Chuck is Currently Reading

Chuck Karas is currently reading

Nightshade (Catalina, #1)

by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)

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Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly, #3)

by Douglas Preston (Goodreads Author)

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Chuck’s Quotes

“There comes a day in every man’s life when he stops looking forward and starts looking back.”
― Robert Dugoni, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

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“When I started in homicide, the Dead Sea was just sick.”
― John Connolly, The Killing Kind

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“Our skin, our hair, and our eyes are simply the shell that surrounds our soul, and our soul is who we are. What counts is on the inside.”
― Robert Dugoni, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell

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“The world doesn't change in front of your eyes, it changes behind your back.”
― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim

tags: change, evolution, fear-of-unknown

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“They listened to the Beatles for most of the journey, and Hynes explained to Gackowska why Abbey Road was the band’s best record, and how Sgt. Pepper’s wasn’t really a concept album, no matter what anyone claimed to the contrary. Then he had to explain to Gackowska what a concept album was, and a B side, until pretty soon he felt about a hundred years old and was tempted to check himself into a nursing home.”
― John Connolly, A Book of Bones

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